IBM Netezza Performance Server vs Microsoft Analytics Platform System comparison

IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System

Download the complete report

Helped 816,406 peers since 2012

Categories and Ranking

IBM Netezza Performance Server

Ranking in Data Warehouse

12th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Microsoft Analytics Platfor...

Ranking in Data Warehouse

17th

Average Rating

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Data Warehouse category, the mindshare of IBM Netezza Performance Server is 4.0%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Microsoft Analytics Platform System is 0.7%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Data Warehouse

Featured Reviews

Shemal Gandhi

Lead Oracle DBA | IBM Neteeza Admin | Consultant at Capgemini

A cost-effective data warehousing tool, but security features like TDE encryption are missing

The solution's maintenance is quite easy. One person is enough to maintain the solution. If you are using PostgreSQL as a database solution, then using IBM Netezza Performance Server is the logical choice since it is based on open-source Postgres. However, if you are using Oracle, data conversion can be tricky. So, in that case, you want to go ahead with Exadata. Overall, I rate IBM Netezza Performance Server a seven out of ten.

Read full review

MahmoudMohamed1

Senior Data Engineer at Tatweer Educational Technologies Company - TETCO

Offers smooth data integration between systems, but requires better real-time analytics capabilities

We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services. This lets us continue using private databases without paying additional licensing fees. Additionally, the license includes Analytics services and Power BI, which work on-premises, unlike most other technologies that require cloud solutions.

Read full review

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The underlying hardware that IBM provides with this appliance is made for a specific purpose, to serve performance on a large amount of data, and to do analytics as well. It is faster, when you compare it to any other product."

"We are able to execute very complex queries. Over 90 percent of our query executions are one second or less. We do millions of queries everyday."

"IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution."

"The performance is most important to me, and it helps our ability to make business decisions quickly."

"The data governance prospect... from what I've seen, that is a really powerful tool as well, to help with data lineage and keeping track of that."

"The benefit is really because of the additional speed that we have and, truth be told, the more updated ETL processes and the revamped scheduler in general."

"Distribution concurrency control."

"The most valuable features of the IBM Netezza Performance Server are the NPS server because of the reduced maintenance and overall good performance."

More IBM Netezza Performance Server pros

"We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services."

"This solution will connect to any database, you can combine databases, and you can create a cube or tabular model."

"It is closely integrated with other products in the MS portfolio."

"Helps our customers to discover trends, which provides useful information based on their business."

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System's most valuable feature is its ecosystems and seamless integration with other Microsoft reporting platforms and databases."

"The Cube Solution is quite different when compared to the rest of the competition and has unique functionality for advanced analytics."

"This is a well-integrated solution and that integration empowers results."

"I like that it's integrated with other Azure products."

Cons

"Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server."

"LIke Teradata, we can’t add a node/SPU to the existing appliance."

"Our main problem with it is concurrency. When there are too many users running Netezza at the same time, this is when we have the most complaints."

"Concurrency limit needs to be increased somewhat."

"In terms of features that I would like to see, one is the ability to actually scale out an architecture. Right now, if you buy one, it's fixed. There is no scale-up availability at all."

"The scalability is not as expected. The capacity in the black box is not enough."

"We are not able to scale. The only way to scale is to get another appliance, but we have a customers who would need us to hydrate the data between the two appliances, and Netezza does not do that."

"The only issue is that it's not expandable."

More IBM Netezza Performance Server cons

"Microsoft Analytics Platform System could have better support."

"The pricing model needs to be improved."

"The flexibility of this solution needs to be improved because you cannot make changes at every one of the different steps."

"Hybrid environments are complex to manage."

"Functionality needs to be more up-to-date with competing products."

"Machine learning and artificial intelligence capabilities need to be more friendly for beginning users."

"We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us."

"Releases of new products and functionality is never accompanied by associated documentation, training and resources that adequately explain the release."

More Microsoft Analytics Platform System cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Netezza is a costly solution. It does serve a specific purpose but it's costlier than what's available in the market, if you go to the cloud."

"The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support."

"The pricing is very expensive. It has a lot CPUs with a lot of components in it. It also has built-in redundancy for resiliency reasons."

"I rate Microsoft Analytics Platform System a seven out of ten for pricing."

"We are currently paying $200,000 a year for all the different parts of the suite during an ingest model Microsoft now charges us $700,000 a year."

"The initial price is lower than Oracle, but extensive use of SQL may lead to a higher total cost of ownership."

"Users have to pay extra for premium-level technical support."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Data Warehouse solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

816,406 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Comparison Review

it_user232068

Senior Data Architect at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Aug 5, 2015

Netezza vs. Teradata

Original published at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/should-i-choose-net Two leading Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures for Data Warehousing (DW) are IBM PureData System for Analytics (formerly Netezza) and Teradata. I thought talking about the similarities and differences…

Read full review

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Educational Organization

73%

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Insurance Company

No data available

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Netezza Performance Server?

IBM Netezza Performance Server is a cost-effective solution.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Netezza Performance Server?

The solution has a yearly licensing fee, and users have to pay extra for support.

What needs improvement with IBM Netezza Performance Server?

Oracle Exadata's security features, like TDE encryption, are missing in IBM Netezza Performance Server.

What do you like most about Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We leverage its capabilities for many applications. We can integrate with our databases, like Oracle, MySQL, or any other, using Microsoft Integration Services.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

It's not too confusing. It's based on features, and we don't have to buy additional licenses.

What needs improvement with Microsoft Analytics Platform System?

We need better real-time analytics capabilities. It's a bit challenging for us. Moreover, there are some permission limitations.

Teradata vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Comparisons

Compared 17% of the time

Oracle Exadata vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 16% of the time

Oracle Database vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 10% of the time

Snowflake vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 8% of the time

IBM Db2 Database vs IBM Netezza Performance Server

Compared 8% of the time

More IBM Netezza Performance Server Competitors

Teradata vs Microsoft Analytics Platform System

Compared 54% of the time

Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs Microsoft Analytics Platform System

Compared 46% of the time

More Microsoft Analytics Platform System Competitors

Product Reports

IBM Netezza Performance Server

Download IBM Netezza Performance Server product report

Microsoft Analytics Platform System

Download Microsoft Analytics Platform System product report

Microsoft Analytics Platform System report

Also Known As

Netezza Performance Server, Netezza

Microsoft APS, MS Analytics Platform System

Learn More

IBM

Microsoft

Overview

IBM Netezza appliances are now part of IBM PureSystems - expert integrated systems with built in expertise, integration by design and a simplified user experience. Part of the PureData family, the Netezza appliance is now known as the PureData System for Analytics. It has the same key design tenets of simplicity, speed, scalability and analytics power that was fundamental to Netezza appliances.

The Microsoft Analytics Platform System can meet the demands of your evolving data warehouse environment with its scale-out, massively parallel processing integrated system supporting hybrid data warehouse scenarios. It provides the ability to query across relational and non-relational data by leveraging Microsoft PolyBase and industry-leading big data technologies. It offers the lowest price per terabyte for large data warehouse workloads.

Sample Customers

Seattle Childrens Hospital, Carphone Warehouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Battelle, Start Today Co. Ltd., Kelley Blue Book, Trident Marketing, Elisa Corporation, Catalina Marketing, iBasis, Barnes & Noble, Qualcomm, MediaMath, Acxiom, iBasis, Foxwoods

Transport for London, E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH & Co. KG, Prometeia, Tangerine, SSM Health Care, Service Corporation International

IBM Netezza Performance Server vs. Microsoft Analytics Platform System